We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of Royal Decree 26/75 Issuing the Law Governing the Administrative Apparatus of the State and its amendments,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
Article 4 of the Provisions Governing the Relationship Between Landlords and Tenants of Residences and Commercial and Industrial Premises and the Registration of Their Lease Contracts issued by the mentioned Royal Decree 6/89 is hereby amended as follows:
Failure to register the tenancy agreement and pay the prescribed fees within a month from the date of its signing results in the invalidity of this contract before any official entity in the Sultanate, in addition to the payment of a fine equivalent to three times the prescribed fee calculated on the basis of the rent due for the delay period, after which the procedures for registering the tenancy agreement and paying the prescribed fees must be taken.
Article II
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its publication.
Issued on: 14 Jumada Al-Awwal 1414
Corresponding to: 30 October 1993
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 514 issued on 1 November 1993.